Byrd to be featured at festival.Byline: The Register-Guard Richard Marlow Richard Marlow (born 26 July 1939) is an English choral conductor and organist. He was Organ Scholar and later Research Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge. He studied with Thurston Dart, writing a doctoral dissertation on the 17th-century virginalist, Giles Farnaby. , director of music at Trinity College in Cambridge, England, will come to Portland this month to conduct Cantores in Ecclesia Ecclesia (Greek, ekklesia: “gathering of those summoned”) In ancient Greece, the assembly of citizens in a city-state. The Athenian Ecclesia already existed in the 7th century; under Solon it consisted of all male citizens age 18 and older. in a two-week festival of music by English Renaissance composer William Byrd. The schedule includes: "Triumph With Pleasant Melody: Consort Songs From 1588 to 1589," sung by countertenor countertenor, a male singing voice in the alto range. Singing in this range requires either a special vocal technique called falsetto, or a high extension of the tenor range. James Laing, accompanied by members of Pacific Northwest Viols, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 18, the Grotto chapel. A free-will offering will be collected. Gregorian chant and Byrd's Mass for Five Voices, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 23, the Grotto chapel. Offering. Gregorian chant and Byrd's Mass for Three Voices, 11 a.m. Aug. 24, Holy Rosary Church. Offering. "The Spirit of the Dance: Keyboard Works by William Byrd," played by Mark Williams, assistant sub-organist of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, 4:30 p.m. Aug. 24, Parish of St. Mark. Free admission. Anglican evensong, featuring Byrd's Great Service, 5 p.m. Aug. 24, Parish of St. Mark. Offering. Gregorian chant and Byrd's Mass for Four Voices, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30, the Grotto chapel. Offering. Choral concert featuring music from Byrd's 1589 collections "Cantiones Sacrae" and "Songs of Sundrie Natures," 8 p.m. Aug. 31, St. Mary's Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral, or Cathedral of St. Mary the Virgin, or other variations on the name, may refer to: Australia
The festival also includes two free lectures: "Byrd's Musical Recusancy rec·u·sant n. 1. One of the Roman Catholics in England who incurred legal and social penalties in the 16th century and afterward for refusing to attend services of the Church of England. 2. A dissenter; a nonconformist. : A Discussion of the Cantiones Sacrae of 1589" by David Trendall of King's College, University of King's College, University of: see Dalhousie Univ. London, 11 a.m. Aug. 23, Reed College chapel. "Grave and Merrie, Major and Minor: Expressive Paradoxes in Byrd's Cantiones, by William Mahrt, Stanford University, 11 a.m. Aug. 30, Reed College chapel. The venues are the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a shared name of many cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church, especially in the United States. They are all named after the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of The Immaculate Conception. (St. Mary's), Northwest 18th Avenue and Couch Street; Holary Rosary Church and Priory, Northeast Third Avenue and Clackamas Street; Parish of St. Mark (Anglican), Northwest 21st Avenue and Marshall Street; the Sanctuary of Our Sorrowul Mother (the Grotto), Northeast 85th Avenue and Sandy Boulevard; and the Reed College chapel (Eliot Hall), 3203 S.E. Woodstock Blvd. For more information, call (503) 295-2811. |
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